Stores selling Transformers in Japan

[kristofferrer]

http://www.mandarake.co.jp/en/shop/

I would advice this chain of shops.
When I was in Japan, I loved them. Totally awesome and picked up some stuff really cheaply.

oooh, im going to check out the one in shibuya and osaka.


Also, i was wondering if somebody could translate the following for me. I've been using internet in my hotel but i'm not sure if i have to pay for it (or if it's standard to their service). Also i'm wondering if they offer laundry service. I know this sounds silly

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I found out my placement for Japan today: Izumi City, Osaka.
It sounds perfect, half an hour away from Osaka proper by train, small and quiet ("sometimes seen as a countryside place because there's not much to do besides go to restaurants or karaoke" - suits me fine), nice liberal university nearby with a large exchange student population, and a few hundred kms away from the recent disaster area.

[GoktimusPrime]

Odie: おめでとうございます！

kristofferer: That first sign says that it costs 1000JPY per night to use the hotel's PC - see reception. Doesn't say if there's any additional charge for internet usage, but you'd better ask just to be sure. The second sign says that if you want to use the laundry, then please wait at reception before 09:30AM. The laundry is closed on Sundays and public holidays.

[kristofferrer]

Odie: おめでとうございます!

kristofferer: That first sign says that it costs 1000JPY per night to use the hotel's PC - see reception. Doesn't say if there's any additional charge for internet usage, but you'd better ask just to be sure. The second sign says that if you want to use the laundry, then please wait at reception before 09:30AM. The laundry is closed on Sundays and public holidays.

Gok, you're a life saver! Thanks for translating it for me.

I found out my placement for Japan today: Izumi City, Osaka.
It sounds perfect, half an hour away from Osaka proper by train, small and quiet ("sometimes seen as a countryside place because there's not much to do besides go to restaurants or karaoke" - suits me fine), nice liberal university nearby with a large exchange student population, and a few hundred kms away from the recent disaster area.

Ode, I'll be in Osaka from Monday - Thursday. i'm not sure when you're going to be there but if you're in the same vicinity as i am i can meet up for Sake or Starbucks





Gok, once again thanks.

[GoktimusPrime]

Gok, once again thanks.

Oh my services don't come free. I'll be expecting a free toy upon your return! If you go to Mandarake, get me an Autoceptor (the Japanese equivalent to Time Warrior!)












jkz

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Ode, I'll be in Osaka from Monday - Thursday. i'm not sure when you're going to be there but if you're in the same vicinity as i am i can meet up for Sake or Starbucks

I head off on the 27th July, but have fun dude.

[kristofferrer]

...Oh my services don't come free...

ooh, like a geisha!
you and i should catch up over sake eh?

I head off on the 27th July, but have fun dude.

drats. yeah it's been raining till kingdom come everywhere.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Ode, I'll be in Osaka from Monday - Thursday. i'm not sure when you're going to be there but if you're in the same vicinity as i am i can meet up for Sake or Starbucks

I head off on the 27th July, but have fun dude.

EDIT - welp, can't delete the double post, but...had the JET Q&A session today and it sounds like a blast, they even arrange the acommodation (both in general and during the Tokyo orientation) so now it's just filling out forms, making sure I can get my prescribed Ritalin through with a Yakkan Shoumei and learning basic survival phrases...

Also, Japanese workers told to beat the heat with Hawaiian shirts
In an amazing coincidence, guess what totally extraneous item of clothing I've had a penchant for and have been collecting ever since going to Brazil about 10 years ago?